Cops: Mom Threatened Girl

April 12, 2006|By Daily Press

SUFFOLK — Police say she did drugs in her child's presence and threatened to force the 10-year-old to have sex.

Suffolk police on Monday evening charged a 44-year-old Portsmouth woman with contributing to the delinquency of a minor, saying she used drugs in the presence of her 10-year-old daughter and threatened to force the girl to have sex with someone.

Robin M. Peacock, who was arrested on Old Town Point Road in northern Suffolk, also may be charged with felony child abuse and neglect, said Suffolk Police Lt. Debbie George.

Officers saw Peacock smoking narcotics while in a car with her daughter, said George, who could not confirm what kind of drug.

The girl told officers she was scared and wanted police to take her away, George said, and she said her mother threatened to force her to perform sexual acts, George said. George didn't say if the mother wanted her daughter to have sex with a specific person or just anyone.

George did not confirm whether the sexual acts would have been in exchange for money or drugs.

Contributing to the delinquency of a minor is a Class 1 misdemeanor punishable with a maximum fine of $2,500 and 12 months in jail.

The felony child neglect charge, however, carries a prison sentence of up to 10 years and a maximum fine of $100,000.

In December, Peacock served 10 days in jail in Suffolk for contempt of court and was put on indefinite probation for a third-offense larceny charge, according to Suffolk Circuit Court records.

She is at Tidewater Western Regional Jail in Suffolk without a bond.

A similar case in Pennsylvania this month made headlines when a mother was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and solicitation of a minor to traffic drugs because she allegedly taught her 15-year-old daughter how to use and get drugs.

The daughter later testified that she traded sex to buy crack for her mother and herself.